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you build jobs in the united states by spending in the united states, whether that spending is government spending on roads and bridges and schools and everything we need or it's individuals who are middle class people who are spending on all the services that middle class people need in terms of food and clothing and shelter and everything else. those basics are coming from the united states. american workers are the ones who build houses. american workers are the ones that actually provide the services that most people need. if you don't have enough spending, the middle class in the united states is responsibility for almost all of the spending and most spending, remember 70% of economic activity in the united states is personal consumer spending. that's what it is. that's the heart of our country. whether you like spending or don't like spending, that is the fact. if you don't have enough of it, then we don't have enough jobs. we don't have an economy that isant. >> all right. the book is called beyond outrage, thank you for joining us really appreciate it. >> if next question. next qu
you build jobs in the united states by spending in the united states, whether that spending is government spending on roads and bridges and schools and everything we need or it's individuals who are middle class people who are spending on all the services that middle class people need in terms of food and clothing and shelter and everything else. those basics are coming from the united states. american workers are the ones who build houses. american workers are the ones that actually provide...
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my god, you are president of the united states of america. you have so much more power than you realize. you don't have to constantly give in to republicans. and the second part is, listen, when we push to the outside. when progressive groups push in the outside. when progressive commentators push from the outside, do you think the obama administration liked it? hell no, they hated it. rahm emmanuel went to a group of progressives who were pressuring the blue dog democrats and he called them f-ing retarded. i thought you wanted outside pressure. not if it doesn't help his cause politically. as much as the republicans are full of it, when they say president obama thinks it changed from inside washington, thisthis is a smidgen of proof. now michael shure disagrees with me. let's bring in the epic man for an epic fight. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> cenk: all right michael you heard my case. county point. >> yeah, sometimes you're wrong. sometimes you're very young. and today is a very young day. >> cenk: woo. >> when you're running for president it's no
my god, you are president of the united states of america. you have so much more power than you realize. you don't have to constantly give in to republicans. and the second part is, listen, when we push to the outside. when progressive groups push in the outside. when progressive commentators push from the outside, do you think the obama administration liked it? hell no, they hated it. rahm emmanuel went to a group of progressives who were pressuring the blue dog democrats and he called them...
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the cost to the war on drugs in the united states is $51 billion a year! what a giant waste of money. then one more set of facts for you guys. the number of people we incarcerate for drugs is insane. back in the 1970s we used to have 300,000 people in prison. now in 2010 we have 2.3 million people in president. one in three black men in the u.s. will be incarcerated between ages 18 and 30. half of all u.s. drug arrests are for marijuana--half! and more than 850,000 americans were arrested for marijuana in 2010, 88% were for possession alone. time to legalize. let's bring in betty from colorado. the advocacy director in the campaign to regulate marijuana. betty, we agree on this issue. let's talk about the chances of this actually passing in colorado. those numbers look really good. are you guys hopeful? >> we are hopeful that we can end marijuana prohibition in colorado in 2012. it's a very exciting time, and i won't lie, we do have an uphill battle to fight against the riverrer madness scare tactics but we have a great chance to win in colorado this year.
the cost to the war on drugs in the united states is $51 billion a year! what a giant waste of money. then one more set of facts for you guys. the number of people we incarcerate for drugs is insane. back in the 1970s we used to have 300,000 people in prison. now in 2010 we have 2.3 million people in president. one in three black men in the u.s. will be incarcerated between ages 18 and 30. half of all u.s. drug arrests are for marijuana--half! and more than 850,000 americans were arrested for...
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. >> he's the president of the united states, and that deserves respect. >> he's a nice guy. >> he's pretty good at basketball. >> one nice thing or three nice things if you like about president barack obama. >> who are you with? >> he speaks eloquently. >> he does have charisma. >> he'll be out in 68 days. >> this is romney's night. maybe you should go to charlotte. >> well, it's not really pulling teeth to get them to say something nice. some people could not come up with anything. we look forward to asking democrats next week in charlotte what they think of mitt romney. >> cenk: man, i was taken aback by senator shelby's response. that's a senator. he could say one nice thing about the president wow. we seem to have a theme there. plays basketball. family man and a snapgy dresser. >> caller: and there are so many things you would they could say. he gave me the tax cuts i need. he's a non-violent muslim. he's half white. at least something from these guys. >> the funniest part about saying he's a snapgy dresser left to his own devices if his stylist is not dressing him or his wife
. >> he's the president of the united states, and that deserves respect. >> he's a nice guy. >> he's pretty good at basketball. >> one nice thing or three nice things if you like about president barack obama. >> who are you with? >> he speaks eloquently. >> he does have charisma. >> he'll be out in 68 days. >> this is romney's night. maybe you should go to charlotte. >> well, it's not really pulling teeth to get them to say something...
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if muslims say george bush invaded iraq, and george bush, the president of the united states, he equals america. i could say look, it pains me. 70% of the country now does not like this guy. he was our president and we are a democracy. i get it. if they say president obama equals america. he is our president. he does drone strikes. they might not like drone strikes because it kills family members. they might be mad at obama i get it. but if they say pastor terry terry jones represents america. this guy is a village idiot. don't you have a village idiot in sudan libya? if you pull that raving lunatic aside and said this is muslim this is one showing to ten people. this doesn't even come close to equaling america. i heard there is a rear view mirror center libya that is widely watched movie in america. nobody even knew about it until you guys started doing your protest. it had no viewers. it does not equal america. then how about big blow hards like rush limbaugh who says outrageous things whether it's about our president or muslims. he does not equal america. even loudmouths on the other
if muslims say george bush invaded iraq, and george bush, the president of the united states, he equals america. i could say look, it pains me. 70% of the country now does not like this guy. he was our president and we are a democracy. i get it. if they say president obama equals america. he is our president. he does drone strikes. they might not like drone strikes because it kills family members. they might be mad at obama i get it. but if they say pastor terry terry jones represents america....
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states is go to taco bell? >> two tacos and a bean burrito. >> cenk: that's the fun part. but who actually killed bin laden? all of a sudden it's not that clear. you know what time it is, right. go time! ♪ >> cenk: mitt romney took a tiny lead, and it wasn't much of a bump at all. at the democratic convention there was not a bump. 49-44. all of a sudden opening up a five-point lead for president obama. the swing states are the most important. we'll get polling on that soon as well, but it looks like there was definitely a bounce in the polls for president obama after the convention. during our coverage on current eliot spitzer predicted a four-point bump. i predicted five. vice president gore, six to eight. it looks like the democratic convention went off better than the republican one if you look at the polls. now that the conventions are over, mitt romney as usual getting himself in more and more trouble. so they're answering the question. you got to under something. mitt romney's tax plan is a disaster for
states is go to taco bell? >> two tacos and a bean burrito. >> cenk: that's the fun part. but who actually killed bin laden? all of a sudden it's not that clear. you know what time it is, right. go time! ♪ >> cenk: mitt romney took a tiny lead, and it wasn't much of a bump at all. at the democratic convention there was not a bump. 49-44. all of a sudden opening up a five-point lead for president obama. the swing states are the most important. we'll get polling on that soon...